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I had a nice Black Widow collection going but they came with the cars
One of my friends dad had a primer 55 gasser and he was the coolest dad in the hood as far as I was concerned.
One of my cooler memories as a kid was when my babysitters (and I always had hot ones) boyfriend picked us up in his 70 SS Chevelle and took us to...
I probably need to throw some twin turbos on my avatar picture or something
This kicks me up to a solid 80 and I've been a member since 08. I feel like I need to tell you guys I've been in prison or something....
I still do but it's been on my bike lately. The gas thing just happened to fall into place with riding season.
I was metro Detroit so Hines Dr. was another big one but that was daytime.
Absolutely. Telegraph rd was bumper to bumper on Friday & Saturday nights.
I can picture the shootout now. You just put a very low value on your life when you try to snatch my shit.
Crazy 8's ftw. I needed that after just getting off the phone with a supplier.
Classic rock for the most part. If you like country you probably don't want to be my neighbor. [MEDIA]
It has to be a clown car. The brake line looks like a 2 year old installed it and nobody in their right mind paints a rear axle white.
If I run across a decent 4 door for dirt cheap I'm snatching it. It doesn't need to be perfect for a gasser and that's exactly what I'd build....
The stupidest I've ever seen is when a Honda got towed in for a no start and someone installed a battery without removing the plastic caps. It was...
I bought a 67 Camaro one time and the guy stuffed rags behind the bondo. Of all the stupid shit to use he used something that would hold water.
My buddy was a victim of the Vega when we were kids. We were coming home from the hash bash in Ann Arbor and the motor let go. No tears as we...
The first picture was like "wait what" but the clear made a huge difference. I've never seen anyone flake a car so don't mind me.
Yeah that looks way better with clear. I'm not sure you even need to do bodywork with flake that thick. I pulled mine out and hosed the dust off...
Those pistons look like they can handle a pretty serious dose of nitrous
That was before my time but I really feel like I caught the tail end of something cool. Like I said, no regrets.
I started street racing when I was 14 and I didn't even have a drivers license. Guys really did want to run me for titles but I wasn't giving up...
When I turned 18 my mom dropped me and my girlfriend (now wife of over 40 years) off on Telegraph Rd. and we hitchhiked to Florida with 7 bucks...
Free spirit, it definitely represented an era
If everything sucked that bad the world would be a better place. I've watched it countless times and I've got it on DVD.
It's sobering for sure. A lifetime of constant decay that never got better. If you stayed you were screwed.
I've been to his mansion in Dearborn quite a bit when I was a kid and he had tunnels there too. They were off limits but I've been in them.
My brother made it to the ripe old age of 60 so I'm with the every day above ground is a good day crew. He made it a couple years after they told...
I lived there until my oldest kid was old enough to start school. Now days there's hardly any houses left in the neighborhood I lived in.
If it's an aftermarket cam it might already have advance built into it when you install it straight up. Good luck.
It definitely looks like a nice start and original wouldn't even be a thought. I'm not sure you actually need to box the frame if you don't get to...
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